Tabletop Terrain

To produce this new tea table, Berlin-based designer Daniel Dendra of anOtherArchitect explains that he used sound recordings taken from the streets of Cairo to generate CNC-milling patterns – thus creating one of the most complex joins I’ve ever seen in carpentry.

In Dendra’s own words, he “recorded sound-snips from intersections in the city to generate a furniture piece.”

The acoustically-inspired topography fills the underside of the table, which meets flush and perfectly with the base (where Dendra has carved the exact opposite surface). It is the silence, so to speak, for the other surface’s noise.

have a break, drink a tea, eat a KitKat, pause the daily rush for 5 minutes and enjoy your drink immersed in a sea of silence. turn down the urban noise. neutralize it! and step into your own universe for a while. chill down. cap the urban boombox. after you finish press play and pull the buds out of your ears. come back to the real world. put the table top down and slide right back into the game! 🙂

the cool thing is that as long as you keep the table top on top you have the luxury of prolonging your tea cup, rush break, relaxing time glimpse

this is a perfect example of "you could, but why?" 1. we know CNC can do this, so it's really not that impressive in terms of fabrication2. why cairo street sounds? is this some type of psuedo-"oriental" inspired furniture? 3. agree w/ the choice of material. it's not a very attractive finish. 4. i do like the metaphor of hidden complex joinery holding something together, but again it's CNC so this is diminshed.